Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-30
THE INSTITUTE.

understand they are having a good
time. Of course they come to learn,
and try hard to do 50 and they have
the best Of instructors, yet this does
prevent them from thoroughly enjoy
ing themselves The boys say that
the lady teachers are especially sty-
lish and handsome this year, and the
girls think the young men are NICE
! looking and have given the town boys
the cold shoulder since Monday.
The Institute is a decided success,
! the teachers are ali more than satis6-
ed and praise the instructors highly.
/ There is not q single weak man
among them. Their talks are all
teeming with new ideas and practi-
cal knowledge and are al of the kind
calculated to make the teachers entbu
siastic in their calling. Financially
the institute is also success The
entertainments aDd lectures have bad
crowded houses, and on Tuesday
night there were more than seven
hundred people in the audience
Supt Snyderneeds no one to tell him
10 whom this success is owing The
sessions have been characterized by
an energetic spirit which is most graf
flying TO bis friends, and Mr.. Snyder
has the satisfaction of knowing that
! the best institute ever held in Butler
county was held uuder his supervis-
! ion
The thirty.third annual session OF
the Teachers Institute was opened
by the address of welcome by Jos
l. Purvis. The address was plain
and practical and filed with the best
of advice to teachers, and was listen
tened to with attention by all. 1t
was responded to in an appropriate
manner by Prof. Magee, of Prospect
Academy. From then until our
time OF going to press the Institute
has been addressed almost entirely
by the foreign instructors and Butler
county talent is to be listened to
fl ON now till the close. Dr. Jeffers,
the Iirst Instructor on the program,
is from Lincoln University. His
FIRST subject was "How to get the
benefit of an institute" and it was
most excellent. His talks were
mainly directed at the teachers and
cannot tail to do good. DR.. Mccall
lister, of Beaver Falls, lectured en-
tirelv on Civics. His talks were full
of information concerning affairs of
| State and Government and many OF
his ideas were new He is a forcible
speaker who carries an air Of convic-
ton with him and would have been
greatly missed by the teachers had
be not been here. 1t was noticed
that his name on the program was
a sure sign for gathering of the at
torneys in the Courtroom. II. S
Jones, of Erie, proves to be the fun
nv man, and it follows that be is the
popular one, but his stories all have
moral and bis jokes, point. One
OF his talks was, business is Busi-
ness" in which he showed that a
teacher had to make regular "busi.
ness'' Of teaching, using every meth
cd to accomplish his purpose. He
told one story which convulsed the
audience with laughter. 1t was
about a young lady Eve believe
she was a school teacher) on the
train while coming to Butler. She
came into the cars followed by sever
al other girls, all hunting seats. In
front of Mr. Jones was an empty one
and when the school teacher came to
i. she said, Hurry, girls, here's q
setting place." and in their vocabu-
larry they got. Mr. Jones had many
comic stories He read paper on
electricity out Of daily newspaper
and discovered, nt the close, that it
was patent medicine ad. Pres
Ii: II George, of Geneva College,
gave The teachers aud directors several
energetic temperance talks which were
greatly appreciated by the Prohibs.
He said that the teachers by doing
their duty can briDg about such a
state Of affairs that in ten years no
man would dare to apply for license
in Butler county.
Prot. w. NJ. Gibson, OF Meadvile
has charge OF the music and is giving
music lovera treat. The songs sung
are well selected and are participated
in by all the teachers. 1t is doubtful
whether any class of people could
be found who are better
singers than the teachers. The voic-
es Of nearly three hundred teachers
united in singing that grand song
"My country, Tis Of thee" filed one
with such patriotic feeling that we
wished for On opportunity to save the
country. That was the last verse
though and we did not do it. The
singing was certainly grand, far bet
ter than that OF any previous insti-
tute which we remember. The organ
and the piano, which were admired 80
much, were loaned by Mr.. Alex.
! Williams, the music dealer.
w b Dugan had the time table Of
his school on black board and ex-
planned it to the teachers on Tuesday
morning What be said was clear
and practical and was commended by
several Of our best teachers.
| On Wednesday afternoon Jas. M.
Gaibreath, Esq, of Butler made some
clear and sensible remarks upon grad
ing country schools.
Wednesday evening, Hon. II. j.
Horr of Michigan, short, stout man
with a big head and big heart, en-
tcrtaiaed and ia nstruc;ed large audi
ence with a synopeisof his researches
into the Capital and Labor problem.
Mr.. Horr has a poor opinion of these
agitators who are trying to pull 9th
ers down TO their own level He be-
licyes in pulling the weak up to bis
level a principle that includes the
whole Of Christianity. We will
make further note Of the Institute
next week
LIST or TEACHERS ~ ATTESDhSCE
ADAMS TWP.
J. X. Reuison
ollie Gilkey
j. n. Wallace
Wellington Irvine
Sallie q Sloan
Lueiia Rhoner
Matte Anderson
ALLEGHENY TWP.